Pakistan Vows Not to Push Out Afghan RefugeesVOA 29 Jun 2016 -- A police crackdown in Pakistan has rounded up and deported hundreds of Afghan refugees in recent weeks. But authorities say Afghans with legal refugee status are not being targeted, nor will they be pushed out of the country.

Russia to Continue Rocket Engine Supplies to US Under Existing ContractsSputnik 29 Jun 2016 -- Russia will continue to supply the United States with RD-180 rocket engines under existing contracts despite calls from Washington for greater reliance on domestic procurement, Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak said in an interview with Sputnik.

Xi urges caution on possible deployment of U.S. missile system in ROKPeople's Daily 29 Jun 2016 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged the Republic of Korea (ROK) to address China's concerns on security and "cautiously and appropriately" address the United States' plan to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the country.

UN-supported Yemeni peace talks entering new phase, says UN envoyUN News 29 Jun 2016 -- With an agreement on the guiding principles for the Yemen peace talks, United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, today announced that the UN-supported talks will enter a new phase for the next two weeks.

UN Syria Envoy Urges Political Progress by AugustVOA 29 Jun 2016 -- U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura says if he can restart intra-Syrian talks in July, there still is a possibility of moving forward on a political transition by an August deadline.

Daesh rocket attack kills four in SyriaPress TV 29 Jun 2016 -- At least four civilians have lost their lives and nearly a dozen others sustained injuries in a rocket attack by Takfiri Daesh terrorists against a residential neighborhood in Syria's eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr.

UN Human Rights Chief: Burundi May Explode Into Ethnic ViolenceVOA 29 Jun 2016 -- Burundi's human rights record is under scrutiny at the U.N. Human Rights Council over the objections and anger of that country's government. The council said it is alarmed at the rise in rights violations in Burundi since last year's political crisis. It wants the violations to stop, because it fears an ethnic conflict with devastating consequences for all of central Africa.

UN Beefs Up Peacekeeping Force in MaliVOA 29 Jun 2016 -- The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to beef up peacekeeping operations in Mali, in light of attacks making the mission known as MINUSMA the world's most deadly.

EU Leaders Rethink Future, Warn U.K. No 'A La Carte'RFE/RL 29 Jun 2016 -- European Union leaders have issued increasingly stern warnings that Britain cannot have unfettered access to the single market after withdrawing from the EU without accepting the bloc's rules on free movement.

Russia Seeks to Reassure Over Brexit VolatilityVOA 29 Jun 2016 -- As Britain and Europe struggle to come to terms with the British vote in favor of leaving the European Union, financial markets are roiling across the globe, including in Russia.

Turkey Airport Attack Points to Spreading Regional WarVOA 29 Jun 2016 -- Tuesday's suicide attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, that killed at least 41 people and wounded more than 200, highlights how far Turkey has fallen from its former status as a regional example of stability.

Islamic State And The Threat Of WMDsRFE/RL 29 Jun 2016 -- From Fallujah to Mosul, Paris to Brussels, the terrorist organization that calls itself Islamic State (IS) murders, maims, and enslaves with wanton abandon, if not exactly impunity. By now the world has woken up to the serious threat that the group poses, not just in the Middle East but also in Europe and the United States.

Putin orders government to normalize trade ties with TurkeyPress TV 29 Jun 2016 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to start the process of normalizing trade ties with Turkey, seven months after Ankara-Moscow relations went into a downward spiral following Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet last year.

Putin, Erdogan talk on telephone: KremlinPress TV 29 Jun 2016 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have held their first phone conversation since Ankara downed one of Moscow's jets in Syria last year, the Kremlin said.

Chinese National Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Smuggling High Tech U.S. Military Hardware to ChinaUS Dept. of Justice 29 Jun 2016 -- Kan Chen, 26, of Ningbo, China, in Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations; attempting to violate the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations; and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.